A guide to Dynamic Purchasing Systems within the public sector: Is it right for you and your suppliers?

Councils have been working together to improve their procurement practices and collaborative opportunities to improve value for money for many years now, commonly aggregating spend through framework agreements.


The LGA has been working with councils through its National Advisory Group for Local Government Procurement to try and understand the reasons for limited uptake of Dynamic Purchasing Systems and this document sets out the findings of that work, providing a number of case study examples and a checklist of where a DPS might be best used.